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jon karl is back. >> here we are. we are going to try to see if the five of you in an hour's time can come up with a solution somehow washington seems utterly incapable of coming up with. >> reporter: with that, we got to work. five americans, views ranging from tea party to liberal democrat. rcould they agree on cuts tallyip tallying tallyi? that would be enough forpre break the stalemate. >> one of the proposals out there is to eliminate the memo mortgage deductions. it would be $1 trillion. >> i think it's not a good idea. for many americans that's the only deduction they have. >> i think we shouldn't be doing anything to disincentivize people from buying houses right now. >> how about raising taxes on the wealthy? eliminap eliminate telimelx eliminap eliminate telime peopr ppeople making up? yyou like that idea? >> yes. >> it'r >> it's np>> i, itp it's two professional earning a dual income. >> it's not just smama businesses, it's two professional people earning a dual income. it's not going to hurt the economy. >
jon karl is back. >> here we are. we are going to try to see if the five of you in an hour's time can come up with a solution somehow washington seems utterly incapable of coming up with. >> reporter: with that, we got to work. five americans, views ranging from tea party to liberal democrat. rcould they agree on cuts tallyip tallying tallyi? that would be enough forpre break the stalemate. >> one of the proposals out there is to eliminate the memo mortgage deductions. it...
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jon karl finds hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. >>> lesson from thetape. a little boy disappears. his first time walking home from camp. a new insight for parents about when a child shohod be out alone. >>> healthy living. a big change in what your doctor should be doing for you. dr. richard besser on the secrets of getting the health care you deserve. >>> and, watch out, world. the american girls who took the prize at the biggest, toughest science competition in the world. >>> good evening. for the fifth time this week, republicans and democrats were squabbling and arguing about what to do, as the clock keeps ticking down. the august 2nd deadline, when america will default on paying its debts to the world, which would cause a body blow to the american economy. the president said today he knows that people are stressed out by that ticking clock, and across the country, we heard it. so many people saying, this is exactly the reason they're frustrated with the way washington works. and abc's jim avila starts us off. jim? >> reporter: diane, wall street is ne
jon karl finds hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. >>> lesson from thetape. a little boy disappears. his first time walking home from camp. a new insight for parents about when a child shohod be out alone. >>> healthy living. a big change in what your doctor should be doing for you. dr. richard besser on the secrets of getting the health care you deserve. >>> and, watch out, world. the american girls who took the prize at the biggest, toughest science...
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a lot of frustration across the country on this one, jon. thanks so much. >>> and still ahead here on "world news" this friday night, the queen and kate giving us a tour at buckingham palace. and the wedding dress. what surprised our reporter when he saw it? >>> the good life tonight. more of the boomers this evening. and this time, they're reinventing their bodies. meet the boomer putting our claire shipman through the ringer. >>> and, later tonight, you've got to see this. the little boy, the baseball captured in the stands -- and what none of us saw coming next. to keep in balance after 50, i switched to a complete multivitamin with more. only one a day women's 50+ advantage has ginkgo for memory and concentration, plus support for bone and breast health. a great addition to my routine. [ female announcer ] one a day women's. we throw out over $500 in food ziploc preevery year.gic. help save more of it with ziploc freezer bags featuring the smartzip seal. edge-to-edge protection you can hear. get ziploc and get more out of it. [ female an
a lot of frustration across the country on this one, jon. thanks so much. >>> and still ahead here on "world news" this friday night, the queen and kate giving us a tour at buckingham palace. and the wedding dress. what surprised our reporter when he saw it? >>> the good life tonight. more of the boomers this evening. and this time, they're reinventing their bodies. meet the boomer putting our claire shipman through the ringer. >>> and, later tonight, you've...
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abc's jon karl on capitol hill tonight. tell us about it, jon. >> reporter: diane, this is john boehner's biggest test as speaker of the house. he's got to convince those tea party republicans to support his plan to raise the debt ceiling. john boehner is cracking the whip. he convened a meeting of all 240 house republicans today. sources who were there tell abc he had a blunt message for tea partiers. "get your ass in line," he said. "i can't do this job unless you are behind me." that's the kind of talk that gets you guys in line? >> we are a team. we are about trying to move the country toward. >> reporter: the tough talk does appear to be working. but it's not an easy sell. some of the tea partiers still just don't believe those dire warnings about government default. >> armageddodomidnight, august 3 is not simply the case. it is not true. >> reporter: just yesterday, vin mccarthy, the third ranking republican in the house, urged republicans to unite behind boehner's plan by showing this clip from the movie "the town."
abc's jon karl on capitol hill tonight. tell us about it, jon. >> reporter: diane, this is john boehner's biggest test as speaker of the house. he's got to convince those tea party republicans to support his plan to raise the debt ceiling. john boehner is cracking the whip. he convened a meeting of all 240 house republicans today. sources who were there tell abc he had a blunt message for tea partiers. "get your ass in line," he said. "i can't do this job unless you are...
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so, abc's jon karl took your messages straight to the lawmakers in the middle of the mess. jon? >> reporter: yes, diane. we have -- we went and talked to members of congress in both parties in both chambers, gave their reaction to what they're hearing in terms of the anger from the american people. a group of freshmen house republicans descended on the white house today demanding the president come up with a plan to deal with the debt. >> don't keep shirking your responsibility. >> what is your written plan? >> reporter: but across the country, voters are telling washington they're disgusted with all sides. >> they need to get off the dime. >> we've had enough. we want you to work together. >> get it done. for god's sakes. >> reporter: we went around capitol hill to put your concerns directly to those in power. starting with democratic senator mark warner of virginia. senator, this is peggy lemons from richmond, virginia. >> if we're really not careful, we're going to end up with a depression that is far worse than the one that our parents and our grandparents lived through. >>
so, abc's jon karl took your messages straight to the lawmakers in the middle of the mess. jon? >> reporter: yes, diane. we have -- we went and talked to members of congress in both parties in both chambers, gave their reaction to what they're hearing in terms of the anger from the american people. a group of freshmen house republicans descended on the white house today demanding the president come up with a plan to deal with the debt. >> don't keep shirking your responsibility....
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i agree with jon, though. i mean, it is important for every american to get involved, because the way -- with the situation we're in right now, only the most energized, most eye logical often get involved and that doesn't necessarily create a conducive situation for compromise and for both parties trying to find common ground. >> so, whichever way you feel, call your congressman and your senator? >> reporter: i would say, before you do that, put yourself in the shoes and the heart and the mind of the person you disagree with most and then see if you can find the common ground. >> again, our conversation today to go along with yours, asashe clock ticks down. >>> and now, we tell you about a new terror alert, today, for americans heading overseas in this, the peak of the summer travel season. the alert warns of a heightened security risk and ties it back to that raid that killed osama bin laden. abc's justice department expert pierre thomas has been talkiki to his intelligence sources. >> reporter: al qaeda's vo
i agree with jon, though. i mean, it is important for every american to get involved, because the way -- with the situation we're in right now, only the most energized, most eye logical often get involved and that doesn't necessarily create a conducive situation for compromise and for both parties trying to find common ground. >> so, whichever way you feel, call your congressman and your senator? >> reporter: i would say, before you do that, put yourself in the shoes and the heart...
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being drawn, the bottom line right now, diane, is that no plan has the votes to pass. >> thank you, jon karl, again, reporting in from washington. and keep sending us your messages for washington on abcnews.com. we're reading them. >>> new questions now about airline safety, because of an accident that happened before the planes ever left the ground. federal investigators want to know why two jets loaded with passengers and fuel collided at boston's logan airport last night. abc's lisa stark covers aviation for us. >> reporter: the impact was forceful enough to tear apart the wing of the delta 767 and mangle the tail of the smaller regional jet. passengers felt the jolt. >> i was woken up by just a god awful crash. >> reporter: this, just three months after a frighteningly similar incident at new york's jfk airport, where the wing of a giant airbus a-380 clipped the tail of a regional jet. >> roll the emergency trucks to mike. we've been hit by air france. >> reporter: in last night's accidents both planes, loaded with nearly 300 passengers and 27,000 gallons of jet fuel, were heading f
being drawn, the bottom line right now, diane, is that no plan has the votes to pass. >> thank you, jon karl, again, reporting in from washington. and keep sending us your messages for washington on abcnews.com. we're reading them. >>> new questions now about airline safety, because of an accident that happened before the planes ever left the ground. federal investigators want to know why two jets loaded with passengers and fuel collided at boston's logan airport last night....
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tonight, abc's jon karl investigates. >> reporter: florida resident robin dekle was behind bars for violating parole on a drug charge but that's when authorities say she got more than $5,000 in unemployment checks last year. when she got out, florida officials say she blew that taxpayer cash on a trip to orlando and universal studios. and that may be the tip of the iceberg. over the past year, more than 1 out of every $10 the federal government dolled out in unemployment benefits, nearly $17 billion in all, went to people who should not be getting them. some jailbirds. most of them people who kept collectiti checks even after they landed a job. it's especially infuriating to those who play by the rules. >> i know times are hard for everybody, but people who go through the process, i'm -- you're legally trying to do the right thing, it's a hassle enough. and to find this out makes you want to, you know -- >> it's taxpayer money. so, we take it very seriously. and we are activity and energetically putting plans in place to make sure that we get this number down quickly. >> reporter: unemploymen
tonight, abc's jon karl investigates. >> reporter: florida resident robin dekle was behind bars for violating parole on a drug charge but that's when authorities say she got more than $5,000 in unemployment checks last year. when she got out, florida officials say she blew that taxpayer cash on a trip to orlando and universal studios. and that may be the tip of the iceberg. over the past year, more than 1 out of every $10 the federal government dolled out in unemployment benefits, nearly...